{"id":137732,"date":"2025-05-12T17:59:25","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T14:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/137732\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"kibierpartyzany-accuse-missing-opposition-politician-mielnikava-of-theft","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/137732\/","title":{"rendered":"Kibierpartyzany accuse missing opposition politician Mielnikava of theft"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n (Adam Burakowski \/ East News)<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

May 12, Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>An\u017ealika Mielnikava, the Belarusian opposition politician who went missing about two months ago, has misappropriated a total of $150,000 in Bia\u0142oru\u015b Liberty foundation funds, which she managed, said her associates after regaining control of the bank account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In February, Mielnikava transferred up to $2,500 every few days from the organization\u2019s account. She has also misappropriated about $107,000 in a grant provided for the opposition Coordinating Council. Her last transaction involving Bia\u0142oru\u015b Liberty funds is dated March 25. That day she stopped contacting her associates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t know the motives that prompted Mielnikava to misappropriate other people\u2019s funds and go into hiding after many months of her competent work with good reputation. She might have been blackmailed, or it was her own decision. Anyway, we have reported the theft to Polish law enforcement agencies,\u201d said the Kibierpartyzany group that worked together with Mielnikava.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, The Insider<\/em> and Polityka<\/em> reported two days before that Mielnikava, speaker of the Coordination Council, travelled to Dubai from Sri Lanka on March 7 together with her daughters, who may be now staying in Belarus together with their father.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She left Warsaw for London on February 26, from where she boarded a flight to Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She was reported to arrive in Sri Lanka on February 28 and stayed there at a five-star resort for a week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On April 7, ex-husband Andrej Mielnika\u016d told zerkalo.io<\/em> that her daughters were with him in Belarus. The man said he did not know his ex-wife\u2019s whereabouts, noting that they have not been in touch for a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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